On Van Halen’s twelfth and final studio album, 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth, Wolfgang Van Halen blazed a bold new trail ...
As a band, Van Halen pioneered musical techniques (just listen to Eddie’s then-unheard-of finger tapping on “Eruption” or Alex’s engine-purring double bass drum opening on “Hot for ...
That, of course, was guitarist Edward Van Halen — Eddie to his fans, Ed to his familiars — who, along with his older brother Alex on drums, founded the band in Pasadena, Calif., in the early ...
Van Halen's Sammy Hagar shared that he wants to mend his friendship with his former bandmate Alex Van Halen amid their longtime estrangement.
Pre-Van Halen fame, the brothers were scheduled to play a gig at a local park – only to get replaced by Roth’s band at the ...
It was decided that Eddie Van Halen would play guitar, and Alex drums. Van Halen's legacy: Known for their extravagant, high-energy performances, Van Halen would go on to produce 12 studio albums ...
Alex writes, by the burden of being called the greatest guitarist on the planet. Van Halen was diagnosed with neuropathy in his legs a few years ago and no longer plays drums. But his old band is ...
The world knew him as Eddie Van Halen, guitarist extraordinaire. But to Alex Van Halen, he was Edward, maybe Ed, but never Eddie. He was also a best friend, the sensitive soul who “couldn’t ...